ATTOI (Association of Travel Trade Organizations, India) has announced a first-of-its-kind travel and technology conference in India. Named International Conference on Travel Technology India (ICTT), the event is slated to be organized in Kovalam, Kerala from June 7 to 9, 2013.
DELHI- The idea of organizing ICTT India arose among ATTOI members from the rapidly changing business scenario where the tourism fraternity is heavily dependent on technology and innovations. The transformation is so fast paced that catching up to the pace has become very difficult and by the time you adapt to one, the change may have become obsolete. The changes which are happening over the web space, travel-related software, mobile applications, the turnaround of marketing and sales trends inspires us to share and discuss new ideas through the platform provided by the conference.
The objective of this conference is to prepare the travel and tourism industrialists in India and neighboring countries to understand the importance of web marketing, how to use the resources available online to drive business, get inputs in adapting to the changing technology and acquiring skills to beat the competition.
ICTT India will feature eminent speakers from varied backgrounds giving talks and entertaining sessions on various tourism related topics. The idea of the conference being to help the hotels and tour operators in understanding in how to market, sell and generate business online, it would assist tour operators and travel agents to adapt to new trends and help improve generating enquiries and scaling up conversion levels. It would also be a platform for Travel Technology companies who have developed new software and mobile applications to showcase their product and discuss improvements and innovations.
It would help all those who are looking to understand how the travel technology trend was in the past, is today and will be in future. It will be super charged 2 days of insights for the experts as well as the amateurs. Besides it will be great opportunity to network with the best of the best in the trade. It would also be an opportunity to interact and link with highly-experienced speakers belonging to various nationalities and varied areas of expertise.
Registrations are open on the website of ICTT India. The company hopes then to attract both Indian and International hoteliers, tour operators and tourism marketing managers. The conference will be hosted on 7,8 and 9 June, 2013 at the Leela in Kovalam in the State of Kerala.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
